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Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. It plays by different rules. Certainly it refuses to succumb to the quaint notion that universes are ruled by pure logic and the harmony of numbers.But just because the Disc is different doesnt mean that some things dont stay the same. Its very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the arrival of the first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. But if the person charged with maintaining that survival in the face of robbers, mercenaries and, well, Death, is a spectacularly inept wizard, a little logic might turn out to be a very good idea.

Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong, made one little mistake . . . And now the spirit of winter is in love with her. He gives her roses and icebergs, says it with avalanches and showers her with snowflakes - which is tough when you''re 13, but also just a little bit . . . cool. And just because the Wintersmith wants to marry you is no excuse for neglecting your chores. So Tiffany must look after Miss Treason, who''s 113 and has far too many eyes, learn the secret of Boffo, catch Horace the cheese, stop the gods from seeing her in the bath ''Crivens!'' Oh, yes, and be helped by the Nac Mac Feegles - whether she wants it or not. But if Tiffany doesn''t work it all out, there will never be another springtime . . .

The third Discworld novel. They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. There are some situations where the correct response is to display the sort of ignorance which happily and wilfully flies in the face of the facts. In this case, the birth of a baby girl, born a wizard -- by mistake. Everybody knows that there''s no such thing as a female wizard. But now it''s gone and happened, there''s nothing much anyone can do about it. Let the battle of the sexes begin.

It seemed an easy jobAfter all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn''t marry a prince? But for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick, travelling to the distant city of Genua, things are never that simple... Servant girls have to marry the prince. That''s what life is all about. You can''t fight a Happy Ending. At least - up until now

''A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.'' From, "The Fifth Elephant". ''Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.'' From, "Moving Pictures. The Discworld is filled with a vast and diverse population - from witches to vampires and from the fiendish to the foolish, it is a world in which magical books can devour the unsuspecting, and Death can escape to the country for some time off. "The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld" is a collection of the wittiest, pithiest and wisest quotations from this extraordinary universe, dealing one-by-one with each book in the canon. ''Un matrimonio siempre esta hecho de dos personas que estan dispuestas a jurar que es solo el otro el que ronca''. De "The Fifth Elephant". ''En el interior de cada persona mayor hay una persona joven que se pregunta que le ha pasado''. De "Moving Pictures". Mundodisco esta poblado por una vasta y diversa suma de habitantes, desde brujas a vampiros y desde lo mas malvado hasta lo mas estupido: este es un mundo en el que los libros magicos pueden devorar al distraido, y donde la Muerte puede hacer alguna escapadita al campo por un tiempo. "The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld" es una recopilacion de los dichos mas sabios, ingeniosos y sustanciales de este extraordinario universo, analizados uno a uno por cada libro del canon.

En Mundodisco se inicia una carrera contrarreloj para impedir que el Tiempo se detenga.Los Monjes de la Historia administran el Tiempo. Es su misión desde hace milenios, pero no es una labor sencilla. Fuerzas oscuras conspiran para detenerlo y propiciar el advenimiento del Apocalipsis. En la entrega numero 26 de Mundodisco, un viejo monje barrendero y su discipulo deberan adelantarse a la conspiracion y destruirla. ¿Tendran sufciente tiempo? Esta es la entrega numero 26 de la serie del Mundodisco (quinta de la subserie de la Muerte). El humor irreverente e inteligente de Terry Pratchett gusta tanto a jovenes como a adultos, lectores de fantasia y lectores de gustos mas literarios.

Moist von Lipwig was a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. Maybe it'll take a criminal to succeed where honest men have failed, or maybe it's a death sentence either way. Perhaps there's a shot at redemption in that mad world...

When Tiffany Aching - young witch - steps into a dance she shouldn't, the spirit of winter falls in love with her. He gives her roses and icebergs, says it with avalanches and showers her with snowflakes - and suddenly winter is all around her. All the time. With the help of the Nac Mac Feegle, first met in The Wee Free Men, and a bit of advice from witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, Tiffany must put the mess right - or there will never be another springtime ...

Imagine a million clever rats. Rats that don''t run. Rats that fight...Maurice, a scruffy tomcat with an eye for the main chance, has the perfect fiddle going. He has a stupid-looking kid for a piper, and he has his very own plague of rats - rats who are strangely educated, so Maurice can no longer think of them as ''lunch''. And everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers - and is giving him lots of money...Until they try the trick in the far-flung town of Bad Blintz, and the nice little con suddenly goes down the drain. Someone there is playing a different tune. A dark, shadowy tune. Something very, very bad is waiting in the cellars. The rats must learn a new word. Evil. It''s not a game any more. It''s definitely a rat-eat-rat world down there. In fact, that might only be the start...Bestselling novelist Terry Pratchett leads readers from tale to tail in a darkly imaginative and fiendishly entertaining story, the first for younger readers set in the Discworld universe, the setting of his phenomenally successful fantasy novels.

Acaba de nacer el Ankh-Morpork Times y la febre por la prensa se adueña de la caótica metrópolis del Mundodisco.La novela número 25 de la saga «Mundodisco» es una entretenida sátira sobre el mundo de

When the Queen of Fairyland steals away Tiffany Aching's young brother, Tiffany has to do something. Helped by the Nac Mac Feegle - the thievin', fightin', stealin' pictsies known as the Wee Free Men

Most of us grow up having always known to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly, some of these things are now beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, fairytales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got there. It is the same on Discworld, except that beings that on Earth are creatures of the imagination, like vampires, trolls, witches and, possibly, gods, are real, alive and in some cases kicking on the Disc. In "The Folklore of Discworld", Terry Pratchett teams up with leading British folklorist Jacqueline Simpson to give an irreverent yet illuminating look at the living myths and folklore that are reflected, celebrated and affectionately libelled in the uniquely imaginative universe of Discworld.

Armada con tan solo una sartén y su sentido común, Tiffany Dolorido, una joven aspirante a bruja, es lo único que se interpone entre los monstruos del País de las Hadas y la cálida y verde tierra de la Caliza, su hogar. Obligada a entrar en los dominios feéricos para rescatar a su hermano secuestrado, Tiffany se une a los Nac Mac Feegle locales (también llamados pequeños hombres libres), un clan de hombrecillos azules de quince centímetros de altura que roban ovejas, blanden espadas y son tan feroces como divertidos. Juntos lucharán en un territorio espeluznante y siempre en movimiento, se enfrentarán a brutales hadas voladoras, seres tejedores de sueños y perros sombríos (unos canes negros con ojos de fuego y dientes como cuchillas), antes de llegar hasta la Reina de los Elfos, la soberana absoluta de un mundo en el que la realidad se mezcla con las pesadillas. En el momento decisivo, Tiffany tendrá que enfrentarse sola a su cruel poder...

The perfect book for die-hard Pratchett fans and newcomers alike, a collection of the wittiest, pithiest and wisest quotations from the Discworld universe, organized into categories including the principal Discworld characters (Granny Weatherwax, Lord Vetinari), places (Unseen University, Ankh-Morpork, the City Watch) or even the occasionally concept (magic).